23-May-2019 to 12:40
Sierra Leone: Three-day National Peace Conference commences
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — A much anticipated conference designed to foster peace and cohesion has commenced in Freetown on Thursday.
Read more23-May-2019 to 11:37
New cabinet to work with all S/Africans – Ramaphosa
APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — Newly elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his forthcoming cabinet would work with all citizens of different political persuasions to move the country forward.
Read more22-May-2019 to 15:36
S/Africa: Ramaphosa, new MPs take their House oaths
APA-Cape Town (South Africa) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was among the 400 members of parliament from 14 of the country’s political parties to be sworn-in for the sixth post-independence parliament on Wednesday.
Read more22-May-2019 to 15:28
S/African VP’s parliament swearing-in postponed over integrity issues
APA-Cape Town (South Africa) — South African Deputy President David Mabuza on Wednesday declined to be sworn-in as a member of parliament until accusations that he was involved in corruption and other integrity issues when he was a regional premier are resolved.
Read more22-May-2019 to 13:34
Liberia’s Weah submits legal instrument for ratification
APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Liberia President George Manneh Weah has submitted for ratification a "Financing Agreement- Tree Crops Extension Project II (TCEP II) between Liberia and International Fund for Agricultural Development".
Read more21-May-2019 to 01:31
Zuma appears in court, claims witch hunt against him
APA-Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma has labelled the corruption trial against him as a politically-motivated witch hunt, saying Monday that his lawyers would show the court how the state prosecutors conspired to stop him from becoming president in the mid-2000s.
Read more20-May-2019 to 18:47
Tshisekedi names Ilunkamba new DRC PM
APA-Kinshasa (DRC) — President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunga Ilunkamba as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according an announcement by the presidency.
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